The old man and others were satisfied when she responded so readily, without any unnecessary talk.
Then, after giving her a heap of reminders, they finally let her go.
The moonlight was especially bright on summer nights, with fruits and vegetables flourishing in the courtyard's garden.
Bai Chen and the others hadn't gone to sleep yet, enjoying the moonlight under the tree shadows, listening to the sounds of cicadas and birds, and noisily crunching on cucumbers, which made Yi Chichi think of mice sneaking food at midnight.
"Give me one."
She took the small stool next to Wang Nan and sat down. Zhou Qiuyu casually grabbed a washed cucumber from the basin and handed it over, "Have you bought the tickets?"
"I'll go buy them tomorrow morning."
There's no direct train from Hei Province to the island; to buy tickets, you have to get to Sanshu Station in the provincial capital, switch trains to Beijing, then take a train from Beijing to Yangcheng.
